AIBÍTIR -The Irish Alphabet in Botanical Art

Over 60 artists have produced distinctive paintings, which are exhibited as complete eighteen-letter Irish alphabets. Tim O’Neill, renowned calligrapher, has created a unique font for the project. Artists from the thirty-two counties of Ireland have taken part, along with Irish artists living in Britain, France and Austria, Newfoundland and the American state of Oregon. This unified collection of paintings is a celebration of the Irish language, native Irish plants and botanical art. Each work depicts one of a wide selection of native plants chosen by the National Botanic Gardens, to illustrate the variety of plant forms and habitats on the island of Ireland.

The Irish Society of Botanical Artists is a group of botanical artists and people interested in botanical art. Their mission is ‘To facilitate interaction amongst botanical artists in Ireland, and to foster and inspire their creative development.’

For further information, please email:
info@irishbotanicalartists.ie

www.irishbotanicalartists.com • www.botanicgardens.ie

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Winterval

Winterval, Ireland’s Christmas Capital! Running from November 17th to December 23rd. Tickets are now on sale for some of our 2018 ticketed events and the full programme of events will be released in mid-October.
Throughout Winterval, the renowned Viking Triangle and the retail heart of Ireland’s oldest city will come alive with Christmas markets, a brand new Enchanted Christmas Santa’s Grotto, the Winterval Illuminates Light Show, Winterval on Ice, the Waterford Eye Ferris Wheel and so much more for young and old alike to enjoy!

This year’s festival dates are below, but some attractions will run all week and into January, full details and times for all events will be released in mid-October. See you in Waterford!

2018 Dates:

17th- 18th November
23rd-25th November
30th November – 2nd December
7th-9th December
14th-16th December
19th- 23rd December

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